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HOW TO: Build an App for Your Small Business

mashable.com

So, you’re a small or medium-sized business, and you want to build a Facebook, mobile or web app. You can target multiple mobile platforms at once with tools like BuildAnApp , or you can look into the geolocation angle with a tool such as Socialight or Shout’Em.

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3 Website Trends That Customers (and Business Owners) Will Love

Duct Tape Marketing

Here are 3 website design trends I think you should be watching. Responsive Design: A Great Experience, No Matter Where. Have you heard the term “ responsive ” website design and laughed it off as techno-mumbo-jumbo? Remember, the purpose of your website’s design is to support your brand and brand message.

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5 Tips to Becoming a More Customer Centric Organization

Both Sides of the Table

We spent time out in the marketplace talking with customers, looking at their solutions, comparing ourselves with our competition and then squirreling ourselves away in our offices designing our next set of features. m-Via does financial remittances using mobile phones for people from the US to Mexico. But they went one step further.

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How to Write a Business Plan for an Outpatient Medical Practice

Up and Running

Here’s a brief example: The problem : There is a lack of affordable pediatric and gynecological care available in coastal areas of Lane County, Oregon. The solution : Dr. Gardner plans to open Ocean Lane Outpatient Care to serve smaller Oregon coastal communities scattered outside of major towns with major hospitals.

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Meet the Grand Prize Entrepreneurs of the BEC Boost

Up and Running

.” Meet Michelle Sangalang and Andrew Ekelem, 23, of Chariot Mobility. ” Michelle and her business partner Andrew Ekelem are the founders of Chariot Mobility, a company dedicated to updating the manual wheelchair to a low-profile, efficient and ergonomic chair that better serves the needs of its users.

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Mentoring the mentors: Advice and inspiration for startup mentors

siliconflorist.com

Covering the blossoming startup industry in Portland, Oregon, and the Silicon Forest. UI Designer. Project Coordinator at Mobile Agency. I welcome any tips, product announcements, stories, or rumors that involve Portland, Oregon, or Silicon Forest technology. Oregon Entrepreneur Network (OEN). Silicon Florist.

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The best nonprofit events board members should know about this year

Board Effect

Community engagement ideas: Board members are always looking for ways to engage with their communities, mobilize volunteers, and address their community’s unique needs. This year’s hybrid conference will take place in Portland, Oregon. Events are a good place to learn more about community engagement initiatives.